Jessica Morrell – Author and Presenter at VCAC21

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The inimitable, always-in-demand, Jessica Morrell will be joining us at the Chanticleer Authors Conference

Jessica Page Morrell – Editor Extraordinaire!

We are delighted to welcome Jessica Morrell to VCAC21! One of the primary contributors to the Chanticleer writing blog, Jessica’s tips and advice are invaluable lessons that benefit all authors.

Each year we offer writing craft sessions from the best editors and authors in the publishing industry. This year we are excited to announce that we have Jessica Page Morrell as a teacher of the Master Writing Class Sessions.

Master Class: Story People: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly Jessica P. Morrell ©

It sometimes does take a village to bring a story to life. With that in mind, we’ll discuss the many roles for your story people from protagonist to minor characters, and delineate their impact on the plots and protagonist. However, we’ll also cover the outliers in fiction and the chaos, conflict, zest, and realism they add to your story world. So we’ll be covering anti-heroes, oddballs, wretches, naughty, pain-in-the-butt types, innocents, along with villains and bad and bad ass women.

We’ll touch on other topics—how to differentiate characters via voice, creating characters based on backstories and main traits, and the importance of secondary characters to make things happen. Because living, breathing characters come from readers experiencing them through a specific emotional lens supplied by viewpoint, voice, and a character’s observations.

To further expand our discussion we’ll also cover immersive, intimate viewpoint and narrative distance. Please bring your favorite imaginary folks to the workshop.

If you are not registered for VCAC21, but would like to take Jessica’s Master Writing Class, please click here.

Conference Session: Saturday, April 24, 2021 at 10:15 a.m.

Power Writing, Word by word, sentence by sentence using language to create tension, emotion, action and resonance.

Click here for more information about the VCAC 21 Schedule.

Jessica understands both sides of the editorial desk–as a highly-sought after developmental editor and author. Her work also appears in multiple anthologies and The Writer and Writer’s Digest magazines. She is known for explaining the hows and whys of what makes for excellent writing and for sharing very clear examples that examines the technical aspects of writing that emphases layering and subtext. Her books on writing craft are considered “a must have” for any serious writer’s toolkit. Read some of Jessica’s writing here.